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Family: Ericaceae
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Ceratostema megabracteatum Luteyn
Isotype of Ceratostema megabracteatum Luteyn
Collection number: 5676
Collection date: 6th April 1978
Country/Territory: Ecuador
Collecting locality: Ecuador:Prov. Napo-Pastaza: Baeza-Tena road, 1-5 kms SE of Cosanga
Description: Terrestrial or epiphytic shrub mainly from one stem which may be 5 cm in diameter & to 3 m tall. Inflorescence pendent at anthesis; rhachis & pedicels pale yellowish-green; floral bracts and bracteoles pale yellowish-green suffused with red at the very base; calyx tube dark green, limb and lobes pale yellowish-green suffused with red; corolla carnose, dark pinkish-red with lobes purplish-balck within, filaments and anthers golden-yellow; connective white; fruits turning purple
Miscellaneous notes: Locally common
Kind of specimen: HERBARIUM SHEET
Barcode: E00327882
Herbarium region: 17 (W. Tropical South America)
Number of sheets: 1
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